After acquiring one of these desktop processors from Intel a long time ago, I came across the bundle consisting of a motherboard and CPU again while rearranging other […]
Retro-XP-PC #12:
Overclocking
I proceeded as usual when overclocking the system. Requirements: XMP first First, I activated the stored 2400 MHz XMP profile in the BIOS. After a few minutes of […]
RetroBook 8540p #9:
Overclocking the GPU
After successfully installing the drivers, I first installed Unigine Heaven (a DirectX 11 benchmark) to see if the 3D acceleration really runs smoothly and also how the power-hungry […]
ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1080 und 1080 Ti – Liquid metal
After many years, Nvidia graphics cards from the Pascal era are still serving us well in our “main PCs.” This is partly because their performance has not been […]
i7-7700K OC #8:
What about the GPU?
The reason for overclocking the graphics card in this system was purely out of curiosity to see what could be achieved. Almost any GPU less than five years […]
i7-7700K OC #7:
Now the overclocking can finally begin
The following procedure has proven to work well, regardless of the newly built system:First, check whether there are any BIOS/UEFI updates available from the motherboard manufacturer, in my […]